press rank #168 · ~$773/mo

Can you live unwatched in Egypt?

Restricted press and civil liberties, ranked #168. Not individually assessed beyond public indices.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance2/5
Facial recognition2/5
No national ID1/5
Data-protection law1/5
Encryption2/5
VPN freedom2/5
Democracy1/5
Free expression1/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy2/5
Crypto freedom2/5
Easy to stay3/5
Off-grid living3/5
12 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #168 ~$773/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law

Compulsory since 1958, and the vaccination certificate is part of ordinary school paperwork.

If you skip them: A fine under the 1958 communicable disease law.

Exemptions: The law names none.

Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Does not report your account balances abroad

Extradition treaty with the US

Crypto mining is banned

Cryptocurrency mining is explicitly banned here.

4 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

11 real places in Egypt

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Cairo

~$750/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Alexandria (Egypt)

~$700/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Giza

~$950/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Port Said

~$800/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Luxor

~$700/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Asyut

~$650/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Aswan

~$700/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Sohag

~$600/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Siwa Oasis

~$750/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

El Gouna

~$1,050/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

Dahab

~$850/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 1/5

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